Little girl with a fan

Chinese New Year and Birthday Celebration!

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February 11th 2008
Yesterday, Casy and I woke up and went down to Trafalgar Square to catch a glimpse of the Chinese New Year Parade. A glimpse is exactly what we got; it was so crowded that we had to stand on tiptoe to try to see over people, one of the situations where I'm especially thankful that I'm fairly tall. There were musicians, dancers with scarves, and a really huge dragon. There were red paper lanterns s ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more